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Description: | A copper-alloy double-sided coin weight manufactured by Cornelius Janssen, Post-Medieval in date.It is square in form, trapezoidal in section and with worn surfaces. The obverse is extremely worn but perhaps depicts the bust of a monarch holding a sceptre. The reverse carries a maker's mark comprising of a hand, flanked by the initials C I (1564-1604).This coin weight measures 16.11mm in length, 15.85mm in width, 1.84mm in thickness, 2.86g in weight.The hand on the reverse indicate that it was produced in the Low Countries at Antwerp, the initials probably indicating that the manufacturer was Cornelius Janssen (1564-1604 AD) (P and BR Withers, 1995, pp.60).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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